Volunteer Telford

Do you have great organisational skills and an eye for detail? Are you looking for a rewarding way to give back to your community? Arleston Community Centre is seeking a volunteer Secretary to join our Board of Trustees.

Arleston Community Centre is a registered charity and a volunteer managed community centre in the heart of Arleston, Wellington. We are committed to providing a warm, welcoming, safe, and friendly community facility to serve the needs of our friendly and diverse community.

As Secretary, you will play a vital role in helping the Centre run smoothly, ensuring our board meetings are well-organised and that our governance responsibilities are met. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your skills to support a local charity that provides activities, events, and services for people of all ages in Arleston and beyond.

What the role involves:

Preparing and circulating agendas, papers, and minutes for trustee meetings

Keeping accurate records and ensuring legal/charity requirements are met.

Acting as the main point of contact for trustee correspondence

Supporting the Chair and trustees in carrying out their responsibilities.

What you will gain:

The chance to make a real difference in your community.

Experience in charity governance and administration

The opportunity to meet new people and develop your skills.

UNIT INSTRUCTOR - The purpose of the adult instructor is to assist in the development of young people as individuals and active citizens by providing training, guidance, direction and assistance.

The adult instructor also has a duty of care to ensure the safety and supervision of young people whilst engaged in Sea Cadet activities.

Why we need your help:

RABC ’s local community appeals and campaigns require local volunteers to ensure their success.  As an FVDO, you will support your Community Engagement team with the development of engagement/donor recruitment volunteering.  This will include the recruitment and development of the voluntary services, supporting your Community Engagement Manager with the ongoing development of our volunteers to ensure our donor initiatives have the appropriate number and skill mix of volunteers to meet the Business Strategy. 

What we need you to do:

- To manage the smooth day to day running of the Volunteer Recruitment Programme

- Ensuring the effective recruitment and retention of volunteers,  which includes recruitment campaigns to increase volunteer numbers, advertising, interviewing, induction programmes, matching them to the appropriate Community Engagement Manager, organising training from both inside and outside the organisation and encouraging their development whist with us.

- Develop and maintain partnerships with like minded organisations to further our volunteering aims.

- Provide an advisory service on volunteer management. Develop a network of ‘volunteer’ Volunteer Co-ordinators to support Community Engagement Managers.

- Manage projects involving volunteers. Responsible for the organisation of the Volunteer Consultation Group.

- To be responsible for the accurate recording and security of personnel records and computer databases for all volunteers in line with data protection legislation and confidentiality requirements.

- In Create and review annually role descriptions for each volunteer role within the Community Engagement team.

- Support the management of volunteer expenses, reimburse, maintain records of expenses and deal with any anomalies.

- Develop strong links and partnerships with external parties and other volunteer groups and represent the organisation at external volunteering functions and events.

- Develop productive relationships with volunteers, colleagues and stakeholders, dealing with conflicts if they arise and provide support and guidance when appropriate.

- To attend any appropriate meetings.

- Deliver talks to outside organisations promoting the benefits of Volunteering.

- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulation in relation to volunteers.

- Responsible for keeping the volunteer handbook up to date and ensuring each volunteer receives a copy.

Sales Floor Volunteer

Could you be the friendly face of your local British Heart Foundation shop in Wellington?

Our Sales Floor Volunteers are the first point of contact for customers when they enter our shop.

You will be greeting customers, helping them find the items they’re looking for and answering their questions, with help on hand from the shop team.

You will provide invaluable help in the running of the shop, keeping it stocked and attractively displayed.

We can accept volunteers from age 16.

We can reimburse reasonable travelling expenses and we provide tea, coffee and biscuits.

We are open 9.30am to 5pm Monday to Saturday